Category: liqueur
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Solid Liquids: The Missing Link Aviation
I haven't created cocktails yet with the dehydrated liqueurs I've been making for the Solid Liquids project, mostly because I figure y'all are don't lack imagination and will find good uses for them. But here's a drink I've been hankering to create since the beginning. The Aviation cocktail was originally made with gin, maraschino liqueur,…
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A Visit to the Cointreau Distillery in Angers, France
This October I visited the Cointreau distillery in Angers, France. Angers is located southwest of Paris, about equidistant from Paris and Bordeaux. I hadn't realized, but Cointreau was not originally famous for orange liqueur, but for Guignolet, a cherry liqueur. Cherries were brought the region by King Rene', who lived at the Chateau D'Angers. We…
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Solid Liquids: The Deconstructed Midori Sour
Just for fun in the Solid Liquids Project I put some dehydrated Midori to good use. I made a Deconstructed Midori Sour. You dip the lemon in dehydrated Midori, bite into the Midori-coated lemon, and then do the shot of vodka. With people who do the lime-salt-tequila shot, they use the lime to and salt…
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A Note About Dehydrating Honey-Based Liqueurs
In the Solid Liquids Project I found that liqueurs sweetened with honey do not crystallize. (At least the honey-sweetened liqueurs that I tried.) I theorized on why and how we might over come this in this post. However, in reading an unrelated book, I think I found the real reason these liqueurs are not crystallizing. I was…
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A Trip to Italy with Pallini Limoncello
I am one lucky son-of-a-gun. This September I visited Rome and the Amalfi Coast with Pallini Limoncello. Though we began the trip in Rome and went to the Amalfi Coast later, I'll explain the process of making limoncello in the proper order. The Lemons of the Amalfi Coast The lemons for Pallini are sfusato ("elongated") lemons,…
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Solid Liquids: Dehydrating Other Liqueurs Part Two
In yesterday's post in the Solid Liquids Project (project index here) I had expanded beyond dehydrating Campari into dehydrating other liqueurs, namely X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, Wild Turkey American Honey, Irish Mist, and Midori. These are all part of the Skyy Spirits portfolio. Of these four, only Midori crystallized like Campari had. I tried several methods…
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Solid Liquids: Dehydrating Other Liqueurs: Problems
So far in the Solid Liquids Project (project index here) I've been experimenting with the best way to get liqueurs into a solid/powder/sugar form. I have performed all of these experiments with Campari so far, but now it's time to try some other liqueurs. Since Skyy Spirits is sponsoring this project, I began with other…
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Solid Liquids: Campari Fruit Roll-Ups
In the Solid Liquids Project (project index here) we are experimenting with the best methods to dehydrate liqueurs, and then putting the dehydrated liqueur to good use. This is one of those uses. I've been using a food dehydrator as one method of dehydrating liqueurs. It works well enough, though other methods are faster. In…
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Dehydrating Liqueurs: Stovetop Crystallization Method
So far in the Solid Liquids project, I experimented with using the food dehydrator, oven, and microwave to dehydrate liqueurs into flavored sugars. The project index is here. Well, thanks to a Facebook friend, I now have a much more efficient way than all the others I've tried. Lauren Mote, co-owner of Kale &…
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Solid Liquids: Bulk Liqueur Dehydration in the Oven
This is just a quick post in the Solid Liquids Project (project index here) to note that you can dehydrate liqueurs in the oven in containers other than the silicone cupcake holders that I've been using. Many people have SilPat non-stick baking mats. These are great but have the problem of being flat so liquids…